with Geneviève Costello and Hamish MacPherson
The composition is clear. A leaflet with instructions, a strip with four colour pics, a second B&W strip and some scattered thoughts.
The construction looks interesting and the clues evoke a #game. In which we will certainly take part.
However, the engagement manoeuvres are a little uncertain.
A confession follows. This is their first experience together...
The feeling is that the audience is watching a trio...
Him, her and that third presence that we have all experienced the first five minutes within a new group: that mixture of modesty and respect for the other that makes you move with the fears of the bull in the well-known china shop. Needs some working on.
Very British, though. Almost endearing. But there you go... Needs some working on...
The meeting is clearly an approach, but S'Ala's audience is used to witnessing creative processes. And to assist them.
Let's play a game. They are looking for a volunteer.
I step forward because, let's face it, when in doubt, better to apologise than to ask permission.
Pics spread out on the table. We choose two each.
My eye falls on two nudes. Hey, nobody touches them. Too easy?
S'Ala's audience doesn't like easy tasks.
We don't play safe!
We challenge each other in amazing transparencies and perspective games. An evening with friends.
On the table, #saltysticks. Damn you, salty stick!
Me, a victim of your irresistible tast.
Someone notices.
I lose dignity.
I drown humiliation in another handful of salty sticks.
Phase two. We move on. We work on short texts with some restrictions to facilitate the creative process.
Here too there is a response. The rhythm, however, is low. Needs some working on.
Third phase. Performance. There is improvisation.
Then Moreno's closing gesture.
An evening with potential, but the audience is trained and demanding.
I appreciated the almost total freedom as a participant.
Less so, the search for the unusual and the long pauses after a (let's be honest) short activity.
Note for the future: engagement problem! An English audience might have needed more time, but in Italy, if you ask for active participation and the audience accepts, you have to offer a skydiving experience, not a bike ride!
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